Browsing by Author "Meiri, S."

Now showing items 1-5 of 5

    • Article  

      Biogeography of body size in terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Oniscidea) 

      Karagkouni, Maria; Sfenthourakis, Spyros; Feldman, A.; Meiri, S. (2016)
      This study tries to unveil the contribution of climatic shift in shaping the extreme body size diversity in terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea). Trying to explain size variation at an interspecific level, we test five hypotheses: ...
    • Article  

      Environment shapes the digestive performance in a Mediterranean lizard 

      Karameta, E.; Gourgouliani, N.; Kouvari-Gaglia, D.; Litsi-Mizan, V.; Halle, S.; Meiri, S.; Sfenthourakis, Spyros; Pafilis, P. (2017)
      An efficient digestive system is of pivotal importance for survival as it governs the energy flow from the environment to organisms. Reptiles require relatively little energy, and their digestive system can readily respond ...
    • Article  

      The island rule is not valid in terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Oniscidea) 

      Karagkouni, Maria; Sfenthourakis, Spyros; Meiri, S. (2017)
      The island rule posits that small animals grow larger on islands, whereas large-bodied ones are expected to dwarf, but remains largely unexplored in invertebrates. We tested the rule at an inter-specific level on terrestrial ...
    • Article  

      Island species richness increases with habitat diversity 

      Hortal, J.; Triantis, Kostas A.; Meiri, S.; Thébault, E.; Sfenthourakis, Spyros (2009)
      Species richness is commonly thought to increase with habitat diversity. However, a recent theoretical model aiming to unify niche and island biogeography theories predicted a hump-shaped relationship between richness and ...
    • Article  

      Species richness can decrease with altitude but not with habitat diversity 

      Hortal, J.; Carrascal, L. M.; Triantis, Kostas A.; Theb́ault, E.; Meiri, S.; Sfenthourakis, Spyros (2013)